
WRAP offers blueprint for EPR scheme in UK
LONDON – The UK Textiles Pact has published a ten point, industry blueprint setting out how a mandatory Extended Producer

LONDON – The UK Textiles Pact has published a ten point, industry blueprint setting out how a mandatory Extended Producer

NANYANG – Nature-inspired filtration membranes with one nanometre pores could help textile dyehouses recycle water and cut energy use. This

VIENNA – Greenpeace Austria has accused C&A of selling ‘Iconic Puffer’ jackets containing PFAS, after laboratory tests found the chemicals

BRUSSELS – EU-based industry groups are sounding the alarm over a growing push in several EU Member States to set

BRUSSELS – The European Union has launched a €6m experimental project to develop and test a deposit-return system for used

LONDON – Fashion’s race to scale lower impact materials and cleaner manufacturing is being slowed by a structural imbalance in

PARIS – French retailer Carrefour has begun rolling out environmental labelling across a first tranche of its Tex private label

ZURICH – Oeko-Tex has partnered with TextileGenesis, a Lectra company, to digitise transaction certificates for organic cotton supply chains. The

PARIS – Textile recycler Reju has selected Rochester, New York for its first US industrial sized textile to textile recycling

NORTH CAROLINA – Consumer awareness of microplastics is starting to influence apparel purchasing intent, according to new research from Cotton Incorporated. The organisation said 41

STUTTGART – The number of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)-certified facilities globally rose 15.3 per cent year on year to 17,800 in 2025. Certified sites

LONDON – Epoch Biodesign has unveiled plans for Europe’s first nylon 6,6 bio-recycling demonstration plant, weeks after raising €10.3m. The facility will be located at

ALEXEANDRIA – Paradise Textiles is investing US$102m in a new integrated fabric manufacturing facility in Egypt, in Alexandria’s Amreya Public Free Zone. The company said

DHAKA – At least 16 workers have died and dozens more have been injured after a fire swept through a garment factory complex in the

LOS ANGELES – U.S.-based textile recycling company Ambercycle has announced a partnership with Zhejiang Huilong New Materials Co. a Chinese manufacturer specialising in dope-dyed polyester

MADRID – Zara’s parent company, Inditex, has announced the launch of a €50m investment fund aimed at driving innovation in the textile industry. According to

LONDON – Brazil could lose up to 64 per cent of its cotton-growing land by the end of the century due to climate change, according

TEXAS – In 2023, global fibre production reached a record high of 124 million tonnes, according to a new report by Textile Exchange. The Materials
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